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foreign policy. on the 10th anniversary of iraq -- the iraq war, we did special programming all week. i didn't think what we did would be so revolutionary, to have one day having on an iraq the american blogger, and then activist,aqi feminist deeply concerned about what is happening in her country. make no mistake about it. .or iraq iis, the war is not ovr i do not think that was a big deal. when you look at the rest of the media in this country, to hear i voice was highly unusual. yet that is our job, to go to where the silence is. whether their assessment of their country right now 10 years later. we just have to get back to basic principles of good journalism. let people speak for themselves. for them torum debate and discuss the most important issues of the day and tell their stories when they cannot, until they can tell their own. [applause] >> those basic principles have to include independence from the state, those in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. the failures have involve
foreign policy. on the 10th anniversary of iraq -- the iraq war, we did special programming all week. i didn't think what we did would be so revolutionary, to have one day having on an iraq the american blogger, and then activist,aqi feminist deeply concerned about what is happening in her country. make no mistake about it. .or iraq iis, the war is not ovr i do not think that was a big deal. when you look at the rest of the media in this country, to hear i voice was highly unusual. yet that is...
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- in foreign policy, the big government in the homeland security agency that frisks you whenever you get into an airplane? no. it's only the big government that could con sue my -- conceivably put you in a position with somebody that makes you fear beful or makes you anxious. that's big government. that's where it comes from. [applause] that's why obamacare works only as a slogan that mentions obama and, therefore, a racial signal. and obamacare and a piece of legislation without anything about it and doesn't address the fact that the if you got rid of it, the presumption is we would have a any van that system. -- nirvana system. our medical system works miracles, but it also is by far the most expensive one in the world, and we have convinced ourselves that it is a rational system to route every checkup, including dental, through vast decisions of profit-making insurance companies. [applause] so the notion that we are imprisoned in a system that is a choice between obamacare and an unspecified nirvana that is not really nirvana is a measure of our gridlock, and it is driven by irrat
- in foreign policy, the big government in the homeland security agency that frisks you whenever you get into an airplane? no. it's only the big government that could con sue my -- conceivably put you in a position with somebody that makes you fear beful or makes you anxious. that's big government. that's where it comes from. [applause] that's why obamacare works only as a slogan that mentions obama and, therefore, a racial signal. and obamacare and a piece of legislation without anything about...
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he has the last word about foreign policy and what happens with regard to iran's nuclear program but he's actually kind of been fairly open to negotiations and has made it clear that iran is willing to do what it takes to prove it is not building a bomb, in exchange for something from the united states which is the end of sanctions or at least a road map to the end of sanctions. the problem, to be honest, isn't so much who's the president of iran. the problem is that there are these very loud voices in the u.s. and in israel and in saudi arabia who do not want negotiations with iran, who want a military response. and ahmadinejad has been their perfect poster child. even though ahmadinejad is no more or less powerful than president ruani is, just having this guy out there spouting his nonsense, really made the argument for the conservatives and the militants in israel, the u.s. and saudi arabia, for them. now, that that guy is gone and we have a moderate who has no interest in that kind of rhetoric, it sort of deflates, if you will, the militant argument in the west and hopefully will
he has the last word about foreign policy and what happens with regard to iran's nuclear program but he's actually kind of been fairly open to negotiations and has made it clear that iran is willing to do what it takes to prove it is not building a bomb, in exchange for something from the united states which is the end of sanctions or at least a road map to the end of sanctions. the problem, to be honest, isn't so much who's the president of iran. the problem is that there are these very loud...
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they' had several blunders on foreign policy issues. the most recent one is a failure for america to retaliate in some meaningful or symbolic way on the death of an american ambassador in benghazi. >> interesting point. the george bush administration would have piled in there, blown things to pieces and exacted terrible retribution. that's the american way for a long time. is that the right way? would that created, however awful the incident of a death awful the incident of a death of an ambassador is, is it right that president obama says let's get this in context, let's not attack. wars are extremely costly, both financially and with the human loss of life. >> you just went from 0 to 60. what i'm saying is in 2000, 1999-2000. after 9/11, one of the things we learned from osama bin laden, the jihad strongly emboldened when there was no response to the bombing of the u.s.s. cole. there was no response that demonstrated you can not do this to americans. >> what would you have done in benghazi in the aftermath? >> i'm not a general -- >>
they' had several blunders on foreign policy issues. the most recent one is a failure for america to retaliate in some meaningful or symbolic way on the death of an american ambassador in benghazi. >> interesting point. the george bush administration would have piled in there, blown things to pieces and exacted terrible retribution. that's the american way for a long time. is that the right way? would that created, however awful the incident of a death awful the incident of a death of an...
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policy magazine shows that the u.s. played a role in helping saddam hussein use ser yin gas to defeat iranian troops back in 1919 8. according to declassified documents discovered at the national arkeist using satellite images u.s. officials conveyed the location of iranian troops to iraq fully aware that saddam hussein's army would attack. according to those same documents, senior u.s. officials were being regularly informed about the scale of the attacks. tant amount to complicity in some of the most gruesome chemical attacks ever launched. here to talk about this bomb shell revelation, the policy director at the national iranian-american council. thank you for joining me. how shocking are these revelations? did iranians expect this before? >> i think there was pretty widespread perception that the u.s. was definitely involved with coordinateding with iraq in supporting saddam hussein in terms of providing intelligence and things like this. this was fairly widely known this had begun at least towards the end of the ir
policy magazine shows that the u.s. played a role in helping saddam hussein use ser yin gas to defeat iranian troops back in 1919 8. according to declassified documents discovered at the national arkeist using satellite images u.s. officials conveyed the location of iranian troops to iraq fully aware that saddam hussein's army would attack. according to those same documents, senior u.s. officials were being regularly informed about the scale of the attacks. tant amount to complicity in some of...
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it cannot be used as a tool of our foreign policy. it's barbaric. someplace, somehow, people must come to that point and say, "i ain't gonna stay the war no more." >> have you talked to president obama about this? >> i have not had an opportunity. but i've spoken out on the floor of the house against the war in afghanistan, as i did against the war in iraq. >> you voted in-three days after september 11, 2001, to give president bush the authority to retaliate in a vote that was 420 to 1. you have described it was one of your toughest votes. talk about how you decided to do that. >> i was very disturbed about what happened on 9/11. and when i look back on it, if i had to do it all over again, i would have voted with barbara lee. it was raw courage on her part. so, because of that, i don't vote for funding for war. i vote against preparation f for the military. i will never again go down that road. >> and what do you say to those who say, "then you're not the military. you're not supporting the soldiers, the troops"? >> i support the soldiers. when i s
it cannot be used as a tool of our foreign policy. it's barbaric. someplace, somehow, people must come to that point and say, "i ain't gonna stay the war no more." >> have you talked to president obama about this? >> i have not had an opportunity. but i've spoken out on the floor of the house against the war in afghanistan, as i did against the war in iraq. >> you voted in-three days after september 11, 2001, to give president bush the authority to retaliate in a...
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foreign policy. the week of the 10th an ver si of the iraq war we did special programming all week. i didn't think that would be have an lutionary to iraqi woman feminist activist deeply concerned about what is happening in her country. for iraqis the war isn't over right now. i didn't think that was a big deal. but when you look at the rest of the media in this country, to hear an iraqi voice was highly ununusual. but that is our job to go to where the silence is. what is their assessment of their country right now ten years later? we just have to get back to basic principles of good journalism. let people speak for themselves. and the forum for failures if you look at what we have suffered in our life times we have seen difference to those in power. and this segways back to the previous question, it's very difficult sometimes to watch fox news. it's also difficult sometimes to watch msnbc for the same reasons. because in both cases those networks are dominated by journalists and commentators who general flesket toward the leaders of one major political party and villainize the lea
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policy foreign wars and the u.s. intervention applied four years ago the u.s. was embroiled in two seemingly endless wars today u.s. troops have been out of iraq for almost a year. so is that mission accomplished well that's too soon to say with secretary and violence instability and terror attacks they continue to plague the country meanwhile in afghanistan we've seen an increase in green on blue violence where afghan troops turn on their nato forces that are actually training them president obama met with president karzai earlier this month to hammer out the details of nato troop withdrawals in two thousand and fourteen but we'll have to see how that actually plays out in future terms next up energy independence during his first inaugural address president obama stressed the importance of alternative energy his commitment to u.s. energy independence was reiterated today. the past towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult but america cannot resist this transition we must lead it we cann
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>> my advice would be to have a foreign policy as it relates to syria. i think-- you know, there's no good outcome here. we have a puppet of iran who has used chemical weapons. we have a rebel faction forces. they're being hijacked now by al qaeda. and i think the number one chief objective is-- not to even pick sides here but to pick the american side, and that is to do everything we can to secure and destroy these chemical weapons. my greatest fear as chairman of the homeland security is these weapons ending up in the wrong hands, say some al qaeda jihadistes, who we know are there fighting in the rebel forces-- and that could be a direct threat north only to western interests in the middle east but also directly to the homeland security security of the united states. >> schieffer: so how do you go about doing that? we know the president, one of the options being considered is cruise missiles. would you go so far to say we ought to put american troops in there to find and secure destroy these weapons? >> i don't think the american people have an aptigh
>> my advice would be to have a foreign policy as it relates to syria. i think-- you know, there's no good outcome here. we have a puppet of iran who has used chemical weapons. we have a rebel faction forces. they're being hijacked now by al qaeda. and i think the number one chief objective is-- not to even pick sides here but to pick the american side, and that is to do everything we can to secure and destroy these chemical weapons. my greatest fear as chairman of the homeland security...
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i don't know if he has a foreign policy agenda. i think his coalition does. human rights is right at the top of the agenda for america, women's rights and gay rights. >> really. >> a lot of countries oppress and even kill gay people. that's going to be a principle. >> those are some of the issues actually that this hasn't gotten a lot of attention that secretary of state hillary rodham clinton has been addressing during her ten tour at the state department. it will be interesting if it comes out of there and into the white house itself as -- as we look at what obama is willing and can do, but he has political capital. remember, when george bush says i have capital and now i'm going to spend it. we'll see if he does. >> we'll leave it there. lynn sweet and bill schneider, always a pleasure to you have you guys. should come up to new york more often. >>> coming up, how president obama has started his second term hours after taking the oath of office, this one inside the white house. we'll go live to the white house next. >> historical, but it's also to let the
i don't know if he has a foreign policy agenda. i think his coalition does. human rights is right at the top of the agenda for america, women's rights and gay rights. >> really. >> a lot of countries oppress and even kill gay people. that's going to be a principle. >> those are some of the issues actually that this hasn't gotten a lot of attention that secretary of state hillary rodham clinton has been addressing during her ten tour at the state department. it will be...
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and presidents have that ability to say, i am going to for bridget to focus on foreign policy rather than domestic policy. all of that has to come with regards to the dialogue that goes on between any president and the people who put him in office. tavis: this inauguration is special because the president has been inaugurated for a second time on this historic king holiday. this is also the first time any president has been inaugurated while, the steps near where he is inaugurated, is a monument to dr. martin luther king jr. you were with the president when the monument was unveiled. offer some reflections on what that experience was like. >> obviously, that was a tremendous experience last year. that monument, i spent some much of my life, the last 10 years, helping to design it. i tell the whole story about how we wanted to be a monument not just to king, but to the tremendous freedom struggle. to be there and watch president obama, i was interested in what he would have to say. no one would question that obama, from a very early age, through his mother, understood king's importanc
and presidents have that ability to say, i am going to for bridget to focus on foreign policy rather than domestic policy. all of that has to come with regards to the dialogue that goes on between any president and the people who put him in office. tavis: this inauguration is special because the president has been inaugurated for a second time on this historic king holiday. this is also the first time any president has been inaugurated while, the steps near where he is inaugurated, is a...
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we'll hear on what this test could be to a president whose strength was thought to be foreign policy? . too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. >> fox news alert a staff department briefing scheduled to begin a half an hour ago. we expect they will address the crisis in syria and we are awaiting word that un inspectors visited the site of the deadly attack in damascus a second time looking to confirm chemical weapons were in fact used. un secretary general said it could take several days to complete the investigation. >> and war ships are positioned in the region and some in congress are calling on the president to come to them before authorizing military action. our chief congressional correspondent, mike has the story, hi, mike. >> many law makers are calling for president obama to make a public case to congress and the american people. the letter to the president. said engaging our military in syria when no direct threat to united states exist and without prior congressional
we'll hear on what this test could be to a president whose strength was thought to be foreign policy? . too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. >> fox news alert a staff department briefing scheduled to begin a half an hour ago. we expect they will address the crisis in syria and we are awaiting word that un inspectors visited the site of the deadly attack in damascus a second time...
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there has never been a better time to be a young person in foreign policy. the hierarchy has been pancaked, if i can say that. and yes, probably a little more frustrating to be doing this inside the government rather than outside, but you have a lot of tools at your disposal. so you can either hope and dream or say i have the ways and means, and it is totally up to you. you feel that benefit outweighs the cost. because if you write something and you slide it under the door of your supervisor or supervisor , that also is a high risk reward category, but if you have a time, energy to put something new together, people will read, especially -- you know, has good character development, as we like to say. never assume that the only time you should be allowed to speak is when you get the promotion or you get -- no. you know, you have to somehow standout. >> i can piggyback on that. one of the things that really came to focus for me, there were a lot of organizations that i wanted to exist that did not. you have to go out and make them yourselves. i think in d.c. a
there has never been a better time to be a young person in foreign policy. the hierarchy has been pancaked, if i can say that. and yes, probably a little more frustrating to be doing this inside the government rather than outside, but you have a lot of tools at your disposal. so you can either hope and dream or say i have the ways and means, and it is totally up to you. you feel that benefit outweighs the cost. because if you write something and you slide it under the door of your supervisor or...
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foreign policy. the week of the 10th anniversary of the iraq war we did special programming all week. i didn't think that would be that revolutionary to have an iraqi woman feminist activist deeply concerned about what is happening in her country. for iraqis the war isn't over right now. i didn't think that was a big deal. but when you look at the rest of the media in this country, to hear an iraqi voice was highly unusual. but that is our job to go to where the silence is. what is their assessment of their country right now ten years later? we just have to get back to basic principles of good journalism. let people speak for themselves. provide a forum for and the failures if you look at what we -- until they can tell their own. >> those principles have to include independents from the state, from those in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. and the failures have involved failure to do that. if you look at what we have suffered in our life times we have seen difference to those in ind
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the public is not backing at tax , but in terms of policy, what are berlin's strategic and stressed in all of this? -- strategic interest in all of this? >> to the conflict doesn't escalate and spill off into parts of the middle east region. israel cost security is very high, but when it comes to a chemical weapons attack, hundreds dying indiscriminately with ruler that might be willing to use these weapons again, it shows that from a humanitarian standpoint someone has done against that. >> is there any possibility of german military intervention westmark german aircraft? >> not for a likely. germany took pains early on not to look like the libya case. now the german government says they stand on the side of those who inflict the consequences and except of turkey is attack and the nato countries under german command would have to attack. >> thank you very much. >> and other item news now before we go to the break -- a wave of coordinated bombings has killed more than 50 people in predominantly shia neighborhoods of the iraqi capital, baghdad. >> police say 10 attacks took place within
the public is not backing at tax , but in terms of policy, what are berlin's strategic and stressed in all of this? -- strategic interest in all of this? >> to the conflict doesn't escalate and spill off into parts of the middle east region. israel cost security is very high, but when it comes to a chemical weapons attack, hundreds dying indiscriminately with ruler that might be willing to use these weapons again, it shows that from a humanitarian standpoint someone has done against that....
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the supreme leader foreign- policy advisers, a former , hester. said and the staff is not necessarily the most authoritative figure, he set an attack -- the israelis launched the attack later. deborah several start since then will stop -- and there have been several strikes since then. i am nota decides, sure with everything going on and the nuclear negotiations that the iranians would want to act at this point. i think the way they respond is perhaps by doubling down on the support for the all set in which they have already done. -- their often approach is to avoid direct complex with -- in direct conflict with the united states or other neighboring countries. 2006, the web responding -- and their way of responding, we armed hezbollah after the war. double down with outside regime as a statement of defiance. about anti-american backlash, it is very important for the united states to get the broadest coalition. if we cannot get a un security council, we should get the most number of countries available and support from key arab and muslim countrie
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with that, let me introduce our first speaker for this segment, the director of foreign policy, committee of the national egislation, dr. michael chang. the day after king died, robert kennedy spoke on the mindless men as of violence. here is what he said. what has violence accomplished? what has it created? we tolerate a rising level of violence. we flor if i killing on movie screens and call it entertainment. we make it easy for men to acquire weapons. we honor swagger and wielders of force. we excuse those who are willing to build their lives on the shattered dreams of others. but there is another kind of violence just as deadly. this is the violence of institutions, indifference and inaction. president kennedy was equally unequivocal. the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic but we have no more urgent task. not enforced on the world by american weapons of war but the kind of peace that makes life worth living. too many of us think it's impossible. but that is a dangerous defeatist belief, said the president. dr. king called america the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.
with that, let me introduce our first speaker for this segment, the director of foreign policy, committee of the national egislation, dr. michael chang. the day after king died, robert kennedy spoke on the mindless men as of violence. here is what he said. what has violence accomplished? what has it created? we tolerate a rising level of violence. we flor if i killing on movie screens and call it entertainment. we make it easy for men to acquire weapons. we honor swagger and wielders of force....
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policy goal rules military gurus who are and and of course political insiders who old already had these organizations these companies and they are able to act with impunity using taxpayers' dollars and so it's about time i let the people of the united states say not in our name not with our tax dollars and we will demand of our members of congress that they hold these organizations accountable but it hasn't happened yet. will feel like what you see so far checks on hulu and who are dot coms are breaking those set their you can watch the latest episode of breaking a set like monday's which featured my interview with sex and relationship expert on how bieber does a scroll through watch every episode it's something that all december so in favor us common are doing a good outcomes i'm going to set it in a break from my preaching for habits they turn to hear more on my interview with former congressman something mckinney next. the international airport in the very heart of moscow. let's. just keep pushing anything like that. up. now let's hear more from former congressman's and the mckinney.
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policy in the middle east which is generating so much hatred is really the foreign policy of the biggest oil companies which really just want to exploit this region hard truths brian but they are truths indeed obama also mention that it's unfair to blame the west for what's happening in egypt right now the political instability but really is that fair to say after the u.s. did prop up mubarak's brutal regime for over fifty years and they probably this military dictatorship as well it may be gyptian soldiers that are pulling the trigger but the guns the bullets the bombs they're paid for by the washington government with our tax dollars how much leverage does the u.s. really have and the outcome of this crisis well historically the u.s. was the dominant force in egypt and in the middle east after it took the place of british which had been the sort of semi colonial overlord of egypt the united states now is sort of managing the crisis that's why they don't want to give the control the lifeline to the egyptian military which it considers to be the anchor for western support west instabilit
policy in the middle east which is generating so much hatred is really the foreign policy of the biggest oil companies which really just want to exploit this region hard truths brian but they are truths indeed obama also mention that it's unfair to blame the west for what's happening in egypt right now the political instability but really is that fair to say after the u.s. did prop up mubarak's brutal regime for over fifty years and they probably this military dictatorship as well it may be...
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policy in the middle east which is generating so much hatred is really the foreign policy of the biggest oil companies which really just want to exploit this region hard truths brian but they are truths indeed obama also mention that it's unfair to blame the west for what's happening in egypt right now the political instability but really is that fair to say after the us did prop up mubarak's brutal regime for over fifty years and they probably this military dictatorship as well it may be gyptian soldiers that are pulling the trigger but the guns the bullets the bombs they're paid for by the washington government with our tax dollars how much leverage does the u.s. really have and the outcome of this crisis well historically the u.s. was the dominant force in egypt and in the middle east after it took the place of british which had been the sort of semi colonial overlord of egypt the united states now is sort of managing the crisis that's why they don't want to give the control the lifeline to the egyptian military which it considers to be the anchor for western support west instability
policy in the middle east which is generating so much hatred is really the foreign policy of the biggest oil companies which really just want to exploit this region hard truths brian but they are truths indeed obama also mention that it's unfair to blame the west for what's happening in egypt right now the political instability but really is that fair to say after the us did prop up mubarak's brutal regime for over fifty years and they probably this military dictatorship as well it may be...
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policy. >> you talk about this 90-second view, the 6:00 news. we have more communication, way of talking to each other than ever before. do you think with social media, do we have a better understanding as a multiracial society today? >> i don't think we do, but we're getting there. what this does was, this brought together about ten years of legal and physical demonstrations and nonviolent from all across the south and in nation and brought it to washington and martin luther king really came here to talk about a bad check that the constitution had promised us certain inalienable right. the constitution was a promissory note for liberty and justice and pursuit of happiness. i think that's the thing that's niszing. we've done well with race. we've made progress with war. i think the problem of the world and of the nation is recession and poverty. those cannot be solved by wars or expanding wars. >> now, with that in mind, creating a kind of movement today or even generating the passion and commitment necessary for that social advancement is incre
policy. >> you talk about this 90-second view, the 6:00 news. we have more communication, way of talking to each other than ever before. do you think with social media, do we have a better understanding as a multiracial society today? >> i don't think we do, but we're getting there. what this does was, this brought together about ten years of legal and physical demonstrations and nonviolent from all across the south and in nation and brought it to washington and martin luther king...
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foreign policy. the week of the 10th an ver si of the iraq war we did special programming all week. i didn't think that would be have an lutionary to iraqi woman feminist activist deeply concerned about what is happening in her country. for iraqis the war isn't over right now. i didn't think that was a big deal. but when you look at the rest of the media in this country, to hear an iraqi voice was highly ununusual. but that is our job to go to where the silence is. what is their assessment of their country right now ten years later? we just have to get back to basic principles of good journalism. let people speak for themselves. and the forum for failures if you look at what we have suffered in our life times we have seen difference to those in power. and this segways back to the previous question, it's very difficult sometimes to watch fox news. it's also difficult sometimes to watch msnbc for the same reasons. because in both cases those networks are dominated by journalists and commentators who general flesket toward the leaders of one major political party and villainize the lea
foreign policy. the week of the 10th an ver si of the iraq war we did special programming all week. i didn't think that would be have an lutionary to iraqi woman feminist activist deeply concerned about what is happening in her country. for iraqis the war isn't over right now. i didn't think that was a big deal. but when you look at the rest of the media in this country, to hear an iraqi voice was highly ununusual. but that is our job to go to where the silence is. what is their assessment of...
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it was a brief diversion for the president, who is facing one of the biggest foreign policy challenges during his second term, if only he can overcome some major diplomatic hurdles. as the u.s. moved closer to military action, president obama interrupted his deliberation over syria to mark an historic milestone, the 50th anniversary of martin luter king's "i have a dream" speech. the words belonged to the ages. >> unmatched in our time. >> reporter: it was one of the only few public appearances for the president, who has little time to spend away from the white house. any decision to strike syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons is growing more complicated by the day. over at the u.n., syria's ambassador sounded the alarm and accused rebels of launching their own gas attacks. >> we are in a state of war, preparing for the worst scenario. >> accusing russia of blocking u.n. action. >> we cannot be held up in responding by russia's continued intrance jens at the united nations. >> the british may require the u.n. to present its evidence. >> it is understandable that people want t
it was a brief diversion for the president, who is facing one of the biggest foreign policy challenges during his second term, if only he can overcome some major diplomatic hurdles. as the u.s. moved closer to military action, president obama interrupted his deliberation over syria to mark an historic milestone, the 50th anniversary of martin luter king's "i have a dream" speech. the words belonged to the ages. >> unmatched in our time. >> reporter: it was one of the only...
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there are reasons why 9/11 happens, and part of it is to do with our foreign policy. that might be controversial to say that, but our foreign policy will cause blowback. tavis: we have 30 seconds. his fellow citizens are watching is fellowif foreign -- citizens are watching? >> not because a card-carrying member of amnesty international. we were putting to death innocent people where sentencing to death innocent people. we reached a point where there should be a moratorium on the drones' strikes. let's see who is being killed, because i do not think the american people want innocent people being killed in their name. you can put pressure on your representatives, so we understand who is actually being killed. tavis: there is a book and a documentary. the book is called "dirty wars: the world is a battlefield," from one of the most courageous journalists in the world today. we are all the better for the work that he does, so, again, the book, and the documentary. i think that is on news stands now, and in the new issue of "thenation.com" i think you will find his work.
there are reasons why 9/11 happens, and part of it is to do with our foreign policy. that might be controversial to say that, but our foreign policy will cause blowback. tavis: we have 30 seconds. his fellow citizens are watching is fellowif foreign -- citizens are watching? >> not because a card-carrying member of amnesty international. we were putting to death innocent people where sentencing to death innocent people. we reached a point where there should be a moratorium on the drones'...
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policy but and an american foreign policy that is say or a non american foreign policy that is a foreign policy rather different from the united states in many areas therefore he could not turn snowden a highly symbolic figure over to the united states on the other hand it's absolutely clear that putin wants some kind of cooperative relationship with the united states i think he's probably done as good as he can do as i understand it the solution is to. allow snowden to remain in russia in some status of temporary asylum while he sorts out how he's going to go to a third country venezuela or someplace that's a legal issue that is to say he needs travel documents and probably he has to go to the embassy of that country in moscow but though it's legal it's profoundly political in a way the american russian relations at the moment hinge on that and as i said the other day to an american who asked me i think this test the leadership ability not only of putin but of obama to solve this problem and you brought up an interesting point saying that putting likes to control the situation do you th
policy but and an american foreign policy that is say or a non american foreign policy that is a foreign policy rather different from the united states in many areas therefore he could not turn snowden a highly symbolic figure over to the united states on the other hand it's absolutely clear that putin wants some kind of cooperative relationship with the united states i think he's probably done as good as he can do as i understand it the solution is to. allow snowden to remain in russia in some...
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obama's foreign policy is not working, the mid east is -- if we lose egypt, if it becomes a fractured state, i cannot imagine what israel's future looks like. >> reporter: state department officials say secretary kerry spoke by telephone shortly after he resigned as the interim vice president, but added that kerry made no effort to persuade him to stay. shannon? >> james rosen from the state department, james, thank you so much. >>> israel and the palestinians opened their first formal peace talks in the region in nearly five years. the two sides are saying little publicly about the meeting. the israeli government released a brief video showing the chief negotiator shaking hands in an undisclosed location in jerusalem. >>> he says he is sorry he hurt the united states by leaking to wikileaks. he says he understands he must pay a price for his decisions. he faces up to 90 years in prison. >>> soon, talk may not be as cheap as it is now. president obama has a plan to boost your cell phone bill to pay for another big initiative. white house correspondent wendell goler on a proposal sure
obama's foreign policy is not working, the mid east is -- if we lose egypt, if it becomes a fractured state, i cannot imagine what israel's future looks like. >> reporter: state department officials say secretary kerry spoke by telephone shortly after he resigned as the interim vice president, but added that kerry made no effort to persuade him to stay. shannon? >> james rosen from the state department, james, thank you so much. >>> israel and the palestinians opened their...
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policy goal rules military gurus. poor and and of course political insiders who hold our head these organizations these companies and they are able to act with impunity using taxpayers' dollars and so it's about time i let the people of the united states say not in our name not with our tax dollars and we will demand of our members of congress that they hold these organizations accountable but it hasn't happened yet. will feel like what you see so far checks on who it is good outcomes are breaking those set there you can watch the latest episode of breaking a sweat like mondays which featured my interview with sex and relationship expert conor habeeb tells us scroll through watch every episode it's something old summer going fever us common our doing a good outcomes are going to set a break from my preaching for now but stay true to hear more on my interview with former congressman something we can you next. to follow or look. closely. looking for a membership or anything like that. oh you. know let's hear more from f
policy goal rules military gurus. poor and and of course political insiders who hold our head these organizations these companies and they are able to act with impunity using taxpayers' dollars and so it's about time i let the people of the united states say not in our name not with our tax dollars and we will demand of our members of congress that they hold these organizations accountable but it hasn't happened yet. will feel like what you see so far checks on who it is good outcomes are...
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foreign policy. nice to see you, sir. >> hey, nice to see you. >> tell me, how did you first meet the two brothers? was it just living in the same building in is that how you knew them? >> i met the older brother two weeks prior into moving into the apartment under them. i met him at a pizza is shop across from my high school. >> what was tamerlan like? >> my first interaction with him was he was sitting at a table at a pizza shop across my high school and he was talking to another kid that used to go to cambridge latin high school. i overheard the conversation and he was basically explaining the koran to the person he was sitting with and the differences between the bible and the koran. i noticed in a way he was idolizing the koran and trash talking the bible. i was very interested in the topic and i didn't know much about religion, whether it's christianity or islam, and he seemed like he was very well-educated about both so i wanted to join the argument or the discussion. so, yeah, i basically joi
foreign policy. nice to see you, sir. >> hey, nice to see you. >> tell me, how did you first meet the two brothers? was it just living in the same building in is that how you knew them? >> i met the older brother two weeks prior into moving into the apartment under them. i met him at a pizza is shop across from my high school. >> what was tamerlan like? >> my first interaction with him was he was sitting at a table at a pizza shop across my high school and he was...
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he's also speaking out very strongly as a critic of american foreign policy. and at a time when opposition to the war in vietnam was not as poplar as it became later on in the nixon years. dr. king was a very tough critic, very outspoken critic of inequality in america. by the end of his life, he was pessimistic about how much this society could change. and people should be reminded that time and again in the last few years of his life, dr. king warned that the dream he had had in washington in 1963 was turning into a nightmare. that's his phrase, his words. >> that's a direct quote. gary -- gary, let me let you weigh in on this, what david is talking about. the fact that dr. king was not universally saluted as you hear today. that act as though everyone was supportive of dr. king's dream. >> well, that's right. america loves him now and america celebrates the march now. but in the run-up to the march, americans were very skittish. most knew the march was going to take place and thought it was a mistake. beyond the south, even kennedy asked them don't march, d
he's also speaking out very strongly as a critic of american foreign policy. and at a time when opposition to the war in vietnam was not as poplar as it became later on in the nixon years. dr. king was a very tough critic, very outspoken critic of inequality in america. by the end of his life, he was pessimistic about how much this society could change. and people should be reminded that time and again in the last few years of his life, dr. king warned that the dream he had had in washington in...
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our that, let me introduce irst speaker for this segment, the director of foreign policy friends committee, a national legislation, dr. michael shank. >> the day after martin luther king died, robert kennedy spoke on violence. here is what he said, what has violence accomplished and created? we tolerate a rising level of violence that ignores our common humanity. we glorify killing on movie screens and call it entertainment. we make it easy for men to acquire at weapons. we honor the wielders of force. we excuse those willing to build their lives on the shattered dreams of other. there is another violence just as deadly. this is the violence of inaction. president kennedy was equally unequivocal. we need the kind of piece that makes life worth living. too many of us think it is impossible, but that is a dangerous belief, said the president. dr. king called america the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today. he was right. and still is today. when profit motive and property rights are considered more important than people, he said, the giant triplets of militarism is incapable of b
our that, let me introduce irst speaker for this segment, the director of foreign policy friends committee, a national legislation, dr. michael shank. >> the day after martin luther king died, robert kennedy spoke on violence. here is what he said, what has violence accomplished and created? we tolerate a rising level of violence that ignores our common humanity. we glorify killing on movie screens and call it entertainment. we make it easy for men to acquire at weapons. we honor the...
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i am curious what he will say about foreign policy. we are at a point this and i am worried personally about the next four years but i am curious how much, both that he ended the war in iraq and the war is receding or does he say american is signals something other than thorough retreat from the world which is how it looks. >>bret: we have the address tomorrow, but the state of the union in a couple of weeks away, what is the biggest challenge? >> we are in a real threat to our security at home and overseas but we are in a fiscal crisis. we are at odds, we have a president and a republican party not speaking to each other, we are headed, again, to the edge of the default. we have to come up with a solution to that. americans are weary of the aspirational calls for unity they hear from president at state of the union addresses and inaugural addresses but everyone is paying holiday bills worried their taxes could go up. they know that congress is broken. they know the congress is paralyzed. they know president obama was complicity in tha
i am curious what he will say about foreign policy. we are at a point this and i am worried personally about the next four years but i am curious how much, both that he ended the war in iraq and the war is receding or does he say american is signals something other than thorough retreat from the world which is how it looks. >>bret: we have the address tomorrow, but the state of the union in a couple of weeks away, what is the biggest challenge? >> we are in a real threat to our...
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this focuses on foreign policy. let me ask you about what the guardian is reporting this morning with regard to yemen. the focus and center of this terrorist threat and aqap which is a qaeda arabian peninsula which is an acronym we have been hearing about that runs aqap and what is this organization and how is it different or similar to the bin laden group? >> guest: it was set up by bin laden's initial secretary, the number three guy named all what he she. he is not as visible and is very very close inner circle of al qaeda. anwar al-awlaki became very much a very popular figure. essentially there was an understanding that once anwar al-awlaki fled the united states and went to yemen he became the face of aqap and what he she continued to be the number two guy behind him to operationally keep that going. the two of them had a different philosophy than the older generation of al qaeda-led by bin laden and zawahiri. initially zawahiri and bin laden had a centralizcentraliz ed command and control where they were in ch
this focuses on foreign policy. let me ask you about what the guardian is reporting this morning with regard to yemen. the focus and center of this terrorist threat and aqap which is a qaeda arabian peninsula which is an acronym we have been hearing about that runs aqap and what is this organization and how is it different or similar to the bin laden group? >> guest: it was set up by bin laden's initial secretary, the number three guy named all what he she. he is not as visible and is...
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but that's the soul of our country in foreign policy. so i would say first get the economy humming again deal with the budget. and then i'm afraid that like every president for a number of years, the middle east has come back to haupt us. and it's going to haunt us for a long time. i don't care how energy independent we become because of the north american energy platform, which we ought to develop, the middle east is still the most malignant part of the world and that malignancy is spreading into other parts of the world including into north africa as we've seen >> bob woodward, you are kind of an expert on second terms. what are the things the president ought to be on guard against? >> just about everything. you talk about malignancy in the world. and i think there's a real problem in governing here as we were talking about. but also, if you can kind of step back, which is the hardest thing to do, the first obama term was not bad. lots of things-- i mean, the mess he inherited the financial crisis we are now steaming out of and if you
but that's the soul of our country in foreign policy. so i would say first get the economy humming again deal with the budget. and then i'm afraid that like every president for a number of years, the middle east has come back to haupt us. and it's going to haunt us for a long time. i don't care how energy independent we become because of the north american energy platform, which we ought to develop, the middle east is still the most malignant part of the world and that malignancy is spreading...
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coming up next on " washington then the foreign policy challenges the u.s. faces in egypt and syria. after that, we will look at some of the people being talked about as potential successors to federal chairman ben bernanke. later, the president of doctors of the world u.s. a talks about recent humanitarian efforts in turkey, jordan, and lebanon in response to the health impact of the syrian civil war. >> we are going to keep on voting, keep our job building, keep on educating, keep on mentoring, keep on community building, we are going to keep on ending violence. we are going to keep on creating peace. we are not going to let nobody turn us around. ♪ host:
coming up next on " washington then the foreign policy challenges the u.s. faces in egypt and syria. after that, we will look at some of the people being talked about as potential successors to federal chairman ben bernanke. later, the president of doctors of the world u.s. a talks about recent humanitarian efforts in turkey, jordan, and lebanon in response to the health impact of the syrian civil war. >> we are going to keep on voting, keep our job building, keep on educating, keep...